Area Roundup 5-15-12: Sultans win in extra innings

Tuesday

May 15, 2012 at 8:24 PMMay 15, 2012 at 8:27 PM

FROM STAFF REPORTS

COVINA • The Sultana baseball team scored two runs in the seventh to force extra innings, then exploded for six in the eighth in a 10-5 win over Gladstone in a CIF-Southern Section Division 5 wild-card game.

Josh Gooding's RBI single in the top of the seventh got the Sultans within one run at 4-3. Then with two strikes and two outs, Christian Ramos beat out a ground ball to shortstop. Gooding scored all the way from second as the Gladstone first baseman turned to argue with the umpire.

James Squire put Sultana ahead with an RBI double in the eighth, and Marcos Sanchez added a three-run double later in the inning.

Squire and Nick Roberts combined to hold Gladstone to just four hits.

The game was Sultana's first playoff win since 2009.

The Sultans (13-12) will play at Los Padres League champion Lompoc on Friday in the first round of the playoffs.

Prep Baseball• LAGUNA BEACH 5, VICTOR VALLEY 4: At Laguna Beach, the Jackrabbits season ended on a walkoff home run in the CIF-Southern Section Division 4 wild-card round.

Laguna Beach's Steven Harrison hit a 0-1 pitch about 300 feet and over a 30-foot fence in center field to lead off the seventh inning and advance the Breakers to the first round of the playoffs against La Salle.

The Jackrabbits (10-12, 7-5 DSL) took an early 3-1 lead, but Laguna Beach kept chipping away as Victor Valley managed just one more run the rest of the way. The Breakers tied the game up in the fifth on another solo shot.

Soloman Bates was 1-for-2 with two runs scored and two RBIs. Bates put the 'Rabbits up early with a two-run double into the tall outfield fence that was initially ruled a home run before being changed to a ground-rule double. He took the loss on the mound after entering the game in the sixth inning and finished the season 7-4.

Prep Softball• SILVERADO 12, LAGUNA BEACH 3: At Laguna Beach, Alexis Conant scattered five hits and drove in two runs at the plate to help the Hawks win their first playoff game in four seasons and advance to the first round of the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 playoffs.

Roxanna Allen hit a three-run home run and scored three times for Silverado. Toni Nino had three runs, two stolen bases and an RBI; Kristin Lopez scored twice and drove in a run; and Angelica Nino and Jordan Grant each had two hits.

Silverado visits third seeded Montebello — which beat the Hawks in the playoffs last year in the wild-card round — on Thursday.

• ACADEMY FOR CAREERS AND EXPLORATION 11, CAL LUTHERAN 7: At Wildomar, the Eagles won their first-ever postseason game in a CIF-Southern Section Division 7 wild-card game.

Alyssa Dazzi hit a three-run home run and finished the game 3-for-4 to lead ACE (11-6) into the main draw.

"It felt really good (to win). We have had bumpy road, but they really came out and played well," ACE coach Tracy Davis said. "It was a great team effort, and you could see it in their faces that they really wanted it."